Tally is not satisfied with letting other people do all the work, he wants to get involved, and take other people or churches with him. Here's his idea for helping the folks who are left in the wake of Katrina. Whatcha think?
Update #1
Tally commented that the website WeWillGo.net is up and running now. This effort is one that will provide housing for the long-term, partnering with Habitat for Humanity. For more info, go to WeWillGo.net or here. There is a page on WeWillGo.net that lists a variety of agencies to donate to if you are so inclined to do so immediately.
31 August 2005
29 August 2005
Joe's Series on Evangelism
Conference #2 - Double Dumb Stupid
Saturday I attended a second conference in 3 days - I know, I know, I'm a glutton for punishment. But that's Ok, got to spend the day giggling at Reggie McNeal. Giggling in between seeing glimpses of "double dumb stupid" stuff that we see all too often. I think I'm gonna start using that phrase - thanks Reggie!
If you don't know who Reggie McNeal is, or if you haven't read any of his books, and you like to be beat about the head and neck repeatedly, start with The Present Future. I read it and A Work of Heart several months ago. I've been trying to figure out some of the answers to questions that he brings up and haven't been too successful as of yet - but there might be an answer to one of them coming up soon - stay tuned for details if it happens.
Just a couple of questions / comments that will help build your appetite - "How do we deconvert from churchianity to Christianity?" and "You need to get out of the church business!" He challenges a few of our long held questions and asks a couple more that aren't so easy to answer.
Reggie McNeal is in or on the Leadership Development Group of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, so he is one of us SBC folks. If you get the chance to hear him speak, do it, you won't regret it (too bad anyway, unless you are a died in the wool club member)
We lived in Phoenix for almost 19 years and I thought we had gotten used to the heat. Moved away less than 2 years ago and this last week in Phx it was stinkin hot......
If you don't know who Reggie McNeal is, or if you haven't read any of his books, and you like to be beat about the head and neck repeatedly, start with The Present Future. I read it and A Work of Heart several months ago. I've been trying to figure out some of the answers to questions that he brings up and haven't been too successful as of yet - but there might be an answer to one of them coming up soon - stay tuned for details if it happens.
Just a couple of questions / comments that will help build your appetite - "How do we deconvert from churchianity to Christianity?" and "You need to get out of the church business!" He challenges a few of our long held questions and asks a couple more that aren't so easy to answer.
Reggie McNeal is in or on the Leadership Development Group of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, so he is one of us SBC folks. If you get the chance to hear him speak, do it, you won't regret it (too bad anyway, unless you are a died in the wool club member)
We lived in Phoenix for almost 19 years and I thought we had gotten used to the heat. Moved away less than 2 years ago and this last week in Phx it was stinkin hot......
A neo-feminist's view of abstinence!!!!
Get ready - might not be what you were thinking..... Found this today on emergesque. He found it here. I thought both would be worth passing on!
28 August 2005
Conference #1
Thursday night the 25th and Friday my family and I went to the Arizona SBC Church Planting Conference held in Ahwatukee, AZ. Got to drink more good coffee in a day and a half than I had in the past 2 months - thanks to David & Lisa & Kayla Johnson - you guys rock!!!
Ken Belflower and Fernando Amaro are both Church Planting Facilitators in the AZ SBC. They had a team of people helping them set up this Conference - the team did a great job with this one!
Met a boat load of church planters who are doing the deed in AZ. Every one of these guys / gals are gettin it done in their communities! I have the privilege of serving on the Church Planting Resource Team for our State Convention. I had read a lot of the stories behind these various churches before, and now had the opportunity to meet the people who are making it happen.
We had a chance to ask questions during a couple of sessions - it was good to see the variety of responses - whether I agreed with them or not!!!!
The best part of the whole conference was hangin out talking, finding out what God is doing in each church and pastor / team that was there. Got to spend time with David and Sean late on Friday. They are on the Leadership Team of The Crossing in Tucson.
Sean is pulling double duty - he is also a Church Planting Strategist for the Catalina Baptist Association. I had read about The Crossing and Sean on Tally's Blog a couple of months ago and checked out their website. I'm gonna have to take a Sunday evening and head to Tucson to check it out. It sounds like some really good things are happening there, in spite of the fact that Sean likes Taco Bell. I could hang with him at Chipotle and the coffee shops, but not Taco Bell - yo no quiero Taco Bell!
I'm glad that we have churches being planted in various places in the state. Problem is, there's not enough........ We need all the help we can get here in AZ - if you are interested, come on out, there are more people who need to hear the good news than we can handle.
Ken Belflower and Fernando Amaro are both Church Planting Facilitators in the AZ SBC. They had a team of people helping them set up this Conference - the team did a great job with this one!
Met a boat load of church planters who are doing the deed in AZ. Every one of these guys / gals are gettin it done in their communities! I have the privilege of serving on the Church Planting Resource Team for our State Convention. I had read a lot of the stories behind these various churches before, and now had the opportunity to meet the people who are making it happen.
We had a chance to ask questions during a couple of sessions - it was good to see the variety of responses - whether I agreed with them or not!!!!
The best part of the whole conference was hangin out talking, finding out what God is doing in each church and pastor / team that was there. Got to spend time with David and Sean late on Friday. They are on the Leadership Team of The Crossing in Tucson.
Sean is pulling double duty - he is also a Church Planting Strategist for the Catalina Baptist Association. I had read about The Crossing and Sean on Tally's Blog a couple of months ago and checked out their website. I'm gonna have to take a Sunday evening and head to Tucson to check it out. It sounds like some really good things are happening there, in spite of the fact that Sean likes Taco Bell. I could hang with him at Chipotle and the coffee shops, but not Taco Bell - yo no quiero Taco Bell!
I'm glad that we have churches being planted in various places in the state. Problem is, there's not enough........ We need all the help we can get here in AZ - if you are interested, come on out, there are more people who need to hear the good news than we can handle.
Block Party
On Aug 6 we had a Block Party - invited the community and hung out watching kids play on the water slides we rented. Most of the adults ate stuff, watched kids, and had a good time. Nothing heavy duty - met a lot of people, got to know some others better. Watched a lot of church folks working pretty hard so that everyone else could enjoy!
Really glad we didn't try to do VBS this summer...... and if the team has anything to do about it, we might have more Block Parties next year!!!
Really glad we didn't try to do VBS this summer...... and if the team has anything to do about it, we might have more Block Parties next year!!!
Time's fun when you are having Flies!
It's hard to believe that over a month has gone by since my last post. If you are still checking - thanks, I probably would have given up long ago.....
Lots has happened in the last month. Block Party - good stuff, lots of new relationships, Miah is back home - she had fun and met some people she might just be friends with for a long time, went to a couple of conferences this past week - more on them later.
Priorities - had a chance to review - hopefully some things will be happening as a result of taking the time to consider the possibilities. Never know the specifics of what God is doing til later most of the time.
Lots has happened in the last month. Block Party - good stuff, lots of new relationships, Miah is back home - she had fun and met some people she might just be friends with for a long time, went to a couple of conferences this past week - more on them later.
Priorities - had a chance to review - hopefully some things will be happening as a result of taking the time to consider the possibilities. Never know the specifics of what God is doing til later most of the time.
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